#1116
Es un problema de símbolos y significados de los mismos (aka conceptos).
Copio la respuesta (en inglés) de quora, me parece bastante buena. El simbolito ≡ significa definición, no significa igual.
To be clear, the notation ⅓ is defined to be the number which multiplied by three gives you one (the multiplicative identity). That is:
1/3 ≡ 3′ where 3×3′ = 3′×3 = 1/3×3′ = 3′×3 = 1
Further the notation 3 is defined to be the number one added to itself three times. That is:
3 ≡ 1+1+1
Hence
3×3′ = 1
≡ (1+1+1)×3′ = 1
≡ 3′+3′+3′ = 1
≡1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1
QED (Quod Erat Demonstrandum - that which was to be demonstrated)
Note that this is true by definition of the symbols used. To think otherwise is to misunderstand the symbols or what they represent.
Some people get confused by other representations of numbers. For example one third, which we have represented above as ⅓ or 3′ cannot be written out completely in decimal notation. Instead we have to resort to ellipsis:
1/3 ≈ 0.33333... (fíjate que aquí el símbolo significa "aproximadamente")
This representation sometimes causes confusion, but it will not if you understand the underlying concept being represented. Then you will deserve the moniker "mathematician" since you will understand the concept of a number rather than the process of manipulation of representations of numbers that is taught in school :-)
https://www.quora.com/Could-a-mathematician-explain-how-1-3-plus-1-3-plus-1-3-equals-1